Inventory of amphibians and reptiles of Stones River National Battlefield
Miller BT, Speiss J, Niemiller ML. 2005. Inventory of amphibians and reptiles of Stones River National Battlefield. Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro, Tennessee
During the inventory period, 810 observations of individual amphibians or reptiles and 27 breeding choruses of frogs were recorded at STRI. From these observations, seven species of frogs (58% of expected), four species salamanders (27% of expected), four species of lizards (57% of expected), eight species of snakes (47% of expected), and six species of turtles (75% of expected) were identified (Table 1). Although fifty-nine species of amphibians and reptiles have distributions that include Rutherford County and potentially occur at STRI, only 29 (49%) were confirmed as inhabitants of the park. No species listed as Rare, Threatened, or Endangered by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency or by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service were observed.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Miller, Brian; Speiss, Jeremy; Niemiller, Matthew
- Date of Issue
- 2005-11-29
- Publisher
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Units
- CUPN , STRI
- Keywords
- Amphibian, Amphibian and Reptile Inventory, Fauna, Herp, Herp inventory, Herps Inventory Reports, Inventory, Reptile, Vertebrate